Affiliates

Oriental Medicine (OM)

Oriental Medicine (AKA Traditional Chinese Medicine - TCM) is an ancient and robust healing system that originated in China. It migrated first to other Asian countries, then to Europe and in the 1970's to the United States. The primary healing modality is acupuncture. Different techniques are used to help people heal. In depth information regarding acupuncture can be found at the Acupuncture.com web site (not affiliated with DBHC). These modalities include:

Acupuncture with needles

Acupressure without needles

Cupping

Gua Sha

Tui Na (Chinese therapeutic massage)

Moxa (aged Mugwort herb)

Auricular Acupuncture with needles or with ear seeds)

Chinese Medicinals (Herbs)

TheWorld Health Organization Interregional Seminar drew up the following provisional list of diseases that lend themselves to acupuncture treatment. The list is based on clinical experience, and not necessarily on controlled clinical research; furthermore, the inclusion of specific diseases are not meant to indicate the extent of acupuncture's efficacy in treating them.

Neurological and Musculo-skeletal Disorders

Sciatica

Low back pain

Osteoarthritis

Headache and migraine

Trigeminal neuralgia

Facial palsy (i.e., within three to six months)

Pareses following a stroke

Peripheral neuropathies

Sequelae of poliomyelitis (i.e., within the first six months)

Meniere's disease

Neurogenic bladder dysfunction

Nocturnal enuresis

Intercostal neuralgia

Cervicobrachial syndrome

"Frozen shoulder"

"Tennis elbow"

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Spasms of esophagus and cardia

Hiccup

Gastroptosis

Acute and chronic gastritis

Gastric hyperacidity

Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)

Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications)

Acute and chronic colitis

Acute bacillary dysentery

Constipation

Diarrhea

Paralytic ileus

Upper Respiratory Tract

Acute sinusitis

Acute rhinitis

Common cold

Acute tonsillitis

Respiratory System

Acute bronchitis

Bronchial asthma (most effective in children and in patients without complicating diseases)

Disorders of the Eye

Acute conjunctivitis

Central retinitis

Myopia (in children)

Cataract (without complications)

Disorders of the Mouth

Toothache, post-extraction pain

Gingivitis

Acute and chronic pharyngitis

Acupuncture Treatments

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